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. 2023 Jun 28;12:e83764. doi: 10.7554/eLife.83764

Figure 8. Cancellations and postponements of colposcopy appointments by province, profession, and place of practice (n=452).

Number of cancellations are shown by (A) province, (B) profession, and (C) place of practice. Number of postponements are shown by (D) province, (E) profession, and (F) place of practice. Answers include responses for questions 25 (cancellations) and 27 (postponements) by questions 2 (province), 4 (profession), and 5 (place of practice). Panels A and D: Territories include Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon. Other provinces include Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan (and one respondent who preferred not to say). Panels B and E: Primary includes general practitioners/family physicians, nurse practitioners/registered nurses, physician assistants, and a manager of a community health center; secondary (clinical) includes colposcopists and colposcopy registered nurses/registered practical nurses; secondary (cytological) includes cytopathologists/technologists and pathologists; tertiary includes gynecologists/obstetrician-gynecologists, gynecology oncologists, and gynecology nurses. Panels B, C, E, and F: Frequency count exceeded total number of respondents as some reported multiple professions and places of practice. DK: Don’t know; NA: Not applicable to my practice.

Figure 8.

Figure 8—figure supplement 1. Cancelled (n=114) and postponed (n=167) colposcopy appointments by province that were cancelled or postponed by physician/providers’ institution or by patient.

Figure 8—figure supplement 1.

Number cancelled by (A) physician or providers’ institution and (B) patient. Number postponed by (C) physician or providers’ institution and (D) patient. Answers include responses for questions 26 (cancellations) and 28 (postponements) by question 2 (province). Respondents were asked to ensure that their answers did not exceed 100% for each question. (i.e., for each respondent, A+B ≈ 100% and C+D ≈ 100%). The x axis represents frequency of responses by province. Territories include Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon. Other provinces include Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan (and one respondent who preferred not to say). The y axis represents cancelled or postponed colposcopy appointments using a predefined interval scale. DK: Don’t know.
Figure 8—figure supplement 2. Cancelled (n=114) and postponed (n=167) colposcopy appointments by profession that were cancelled or postponed by physician/providers’ institution or by patient.

Figure 8—figure supplement 2.

Number cancelled by (A) physician or providers’ institution and (B) patient. Number postponed by (C) physician or providers’ institution and (D) patient. Answers include responses for questions 26 (cancellations) and 28 (postponements) by question 4 (profession). Respondents were asked to ensure that their answers did not exceed 100% for each question. (i.e., for each respondent, A+B ≈ 100% and C+D ≈ 100%). The x axis represents frequency of responses by profession. Primary includes general practitioners/family physicians, nurse practitioners/registered nurses, and physician assistants; secondary (clinical) includes colposcopists and colposcopy registered nurses/registered practical nurses; secondary (cytological) includes cytopathologists/technologists and pathologists; tertiary includes gynecologists/obstetrician-gynecologists, gynecology oncologists, and gynecology nurses. Frequency count exceeded total number of respondents as some reported multiple professions. The y axis represents cancelled or postponed colposcopy appointments using a predefined interval scale. DK: Don’t know.
Figure 8—figure supplement 3. Cancelled (n=114) and postponed (n=167) colposcopy appointments by place of practice that were cancelled or postponed by physician/providers’ institution or by patient.

Figure 8—figure supplement 3.

Number cancelled by (A) physician or providers’ institution and (B) patient. Number postponed by (C) physician or providers’ institution and (D) patient. Answers include responses for questions 26 (cancellations) and 28 (postponements) by question 5 (place of practice). Respondents were asked to ensure that their answers did not exceed 100% for each question. (i.e., for each respondent, A+B ≈ 100% and C+D ≈ 100%). The x axis represents frequency of responses by place of practice. Frequency count exceeded total number of respondents as some reported multiple places of practice. The y axis represents cancelled or postponed colposcopy appointments using a predefined interval scale. DK: Don’t know.